The following information is taken from the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue, available online at http://www.dsl.ac.uk/index.html. This is a work in progress.
| Spelling | Number | Dates & headers |
|---|---|---|
| Kingorne | 3 | 1526 (constabulary); 1537 (cognitioun); 1543 (cuningar) |
| Kingorn | 1 | 1640 (advertis) |
| Wester Kingorne | 1 | 1586 (contigue) |